Dan Orlovsky runs out of the end zone in a 2008 game. / Screenshot

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

Grambling State lost in the SWAC tournament this week to finish its season 0-28. Is that enough to rank on the list of worst seasons of the past 25 years?

5. 1992-93 Ottawa Senators (10-70-4)

That same year, the San Jose Sharks had more losses (71) and the same number of points (24), but Ottawa had an epically bad road record (1-41-0) and fewer overall wins. The teams split their season meetings, in case you weren't wondering.

4. 2012-13 Grambling State Tigers (0-28)

Instant hyperbole dictates that anything recent is the best/worst/greatest of all-time. In the case of Grambling, it may be legit. Another team lost more games in a winless season - New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2008 - but the Tigers' losses came against the worst conference in all of college basketball. Grambling also finished last in both of the Pomeroy offensive and defensive efficiency rankings.

3. 2011-2012 Charlotte Bobcats (7-59)

In a shortened season, the Bobcats finished with a winning percentage that was barely above 10%. And for all that work, the Bobcats didn't even get the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. That honor went to a New Orleans Hornets team that finished with three times as many wins.

2. 2003 Detroit Tigers (43-119)

The Tigers won on the final day of the season to avoid setting a futility mark for its sport. Five years later, its fellow Motor City team couldn't do the same.